{"id":8676,"date":"2017-05-02T14:36:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T14:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=8676"},"modified":"2017-05-02T14:36:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T14:36:48","slug":"pueblo-of-zuni-dedicates-new-airport-in-new-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/new-mexico\/pueblo-of-zuni-dedicates-new-airport-in-new-mexico\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Pueblo of Zuni Dedicates New Airport in New Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8677\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8677\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1589edit-300x162.jpg\" alt=\" From Left to right: Andrew L. Othole, Director Planning &amp; Development\/Airport Manager, Governor Val R. Panteah, Sr., Lt. Governor Birdena Sanchez, Councilwoman Virginia Chavez, Councilman Carleton Bowekaty, and Councilman Arlen Quetawki, Sr. (Zuni Tribal Council).\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1589edit-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1589edit.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\"><em>From Left to right: Andrew L. Othole, Director Planning &amp; Development\/Airport Manager, Governor Val R. Panteah, Sr., Lt. Governor Birdena Sanchez, Councilwoman Virginia Chavez, Councilman Carleton Bowekaty, and Councilman Arlen Quetawki, Sr. (Zuni Tribal Council).<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Pueblo of Zuni recently dedicated their new airport located about 5 miles west of Zuni, NM.<\/p>\n<p>The project, which replaced the old airport, took fifteen years to complete. \u201cAfter 15 years of planning, environmental work, data recovery, and several design iterations with the FAA, the construction began in 2014,\u201d said Jane Lucero, Airport Development Administrator for the New Mexico Aviation Division. \u201cIt was completed in two phases, the first being the earthwork and the second being the paving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8678\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1582-176x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1582\" width=\"176\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1582-176x300.jpg 176w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1582-601x1024.jpg 601w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_1582.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/>Jim Bildilli, a contract airport inspector working for GCR, Inc., was on hand for the festivities and provided the photos that accompany this article. \u201cThe day was rainy and not very conducive to holding a dedication, but it proceeded as planned,\u201d said Bildilli. \u201cIt was probably the most unique dedication of a new airport that I\u2019ve ever attended\u201c\u2026 and I\u2019ve been to quite a few.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Zuni people have lived in the American Southwest for thousands of years. Their cultural and religious traditions are rooted, in large part, in the people&#8217;s deep and close ties to the mountains, river ways, forests, and deserts of this ancient Zuni homeland.<\/p>\n<p>The project was first identified back in 2000 to meet the needs of the Community.\u00c2\u00a0 The site selection study was completed in 20012 and then the planning began.\u00c2\u00a0 The final product was the newest airport in New Mexico with 473,000 cubic yards of earthwork, 256 acres fenced, 8,847 tons of asphalt, runway and taxiway lights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NMDOT \u2013 Aviation Division was pleased to be a partner with the Pueblo of Zuni for this great accomplishment,\u201d said Lucero. \u201cIt was a team effort and was a wonderful day celebrating the Pueblo of Zuni and the newest airport in New Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pueblo of Zuni recently dedicated their new airport located about 5 miles west of Zuni, NM. The project, which replaced the old airport, took fifteen years to complete. \u201cAfter 15 years of planning, environmental work, data recovery, and several design iterations with the FAA, the construction began in 2014,\u201d said Jane Lucero, Airport Development [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-mexico"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8679,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8676\/revisions\/8679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}